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Python Projects for Kids

You're reading from   Python Projects for Kids Unleash Python and take your small readers on an adventurous ride through the world of programming

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782175063
Length 192 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Jessica Ingrassellino Jessica Ingrassellino
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Welcome! Let's Get Started 2. Variables, Functions, and Users FREE CHAPTER 3. Calculate This! 4. Making Decisions – Python Control Flows 5. Loops and Logic 6. Working with Data – Lists and Dictionaries 7. What's in Your Backpack? 8. pygame 9. Tiny Tennis 10. Keep Coding! A. Quick Task Answers Index

Planning to program your game


Before we dive right into programming, we need to think critically about what we are building and plan a bit ahead of time; this helps us figure out what programming skills we need to use in order to make our program work.

So, let's imagine this game with each player having their own virtual backpack:

  • Each player enters their name, and then places four items in their backpack.

  • Then, each player gets a chance to guess what is in the other player's backpack.

  • If the player guesses correctly, a message is printed, and one point is added to the score.

  • If the player guesses incorrectly, a different message is printed, and no points are added to the score.

  • Finally, a message asks the players whether they would like to play the game again.

  • If they type yes, the whole process takes place again. If they type no, then the scores of each player are printed and the entire game stops.

Already, we have many things to do. Each of the points mentioned is a task that needs to be solved...

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